Sec. 302.0042. EVALUATION OF ALLOCATION FORMULAS FOR CHILD CARE DEVELOPMENT FUNDS    


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  • (a) The commission shall annually evaluate the formulas used by the commission to distribute federal child care development funds to local workforce development boards in order to ensure that the formulas address the child care needs of each local workforce development board.

    (b) The commission's evaluation must assess:

    (1) the use of current federal child care funds by each local workforce development board;

    (2) the ability of each local workforce development board to meet child care performance measures;

    (3) the average cost of child care in each local workforce development area;

    (4) the poverty rate of each local workforce development area compared to the state's poverty rate;

    (5) the number of children on waiting lists for child care in each local workforce development area; and

    (6) the number of vacant slots available for child care placement in each local workforce development area.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 817, Sec. 4.06, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.